Age, health and wealth

Frances Cairncross
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Frances Cairncross: Frances Cairncross is at Exeter College, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3DP, UK. frances.cairncross@exeter.oxford.ac.uk

Nature, 2007, vol. 448, issue 7156, 875-876

Abstract: Ageing populations raise the spectre of crippling healthcare costs. Extra spending on medical research might bring healthier, happier older people who work (and pay taxes) for longer. Is that a good investment?

Date: 2007
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